Improvement in shawl or carrying strap handles



.3. ANDREWS.

Shawl, or Carrying-Strap Handle. i NO. I4,247{\. vPatentedJune8,I875.`

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UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.)

BENJAMIN ANDREWS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHAWL OR CARRYING STRAP HANDLES.

Speclication forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,247, dated June 8,1875; application filed September 4, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN ANDREWS, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvements in Shawl or Carrying Straps; and I d'0 herebydeclare the following to be a clear and exact description of the naturethereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains to fully understand, make, and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecitication, in which- Figure l is a side View of the device embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view. Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal section thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention consists in so constructing the handle of what is knownas a shawl or carrying strap that the device is rendered exceedinglystrong, the straps are prevented from coming together, and the shape ofthe article to be carried is preserved, the handle being provided withplates for retaining on the handle both the usual straps and the rings,to which may be attached shoulderstraps.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a handle, Whose iat ends B areformed with transverse grooves, forming loops U, the parts beingconstructed in onepiece of metal, hard rubber, or other casting.

The carrying-straps D D are passed through the loops C, and when thehandle A is placed in position on the roll of a shawl, blanket, or otherarticle to be carried, as shown in Fig. 1,

the straps are run around the roll and buckled, whereby the roll may beconveniently carried by the handle A.

It will be seen that owing to the rigidity of the handle A, the strapsare prevented from coming together, and that the handle is strong andserviceable.

It is also evident that the handle may be cast thin and light, thuspermitting a ready hold thereof, and lessening the Weight to be carried.E represents rings or loops, which are applied to the ends B of thehandle A, and designed for attachment of straps, by which the roll maybe slung 011 the shoulders. In order to hold the rings E in position,there are secured to the ends B of the handle A, plates F F, which areriveted or otherwise secured thereto, and pass over the lower bars orportions of the rings orlo so as to contine the latter in position,witho it, however, interfering with the free swinging motion of thesame.

rlhe plates F also cover the top ofthe loops G, and serve to preventdisplacement of the straps from the handle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to,secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cast handle A, with recessed ends B C, in combination wit-h theplates -F F, for confining both the straps D and rings or loops E E,substantially as and for the purpose sct forth.

BENJ N ANDREWS. i

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDEnsHEiM, A. P. GRANT.

